OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma high school students studying U.S. history learn about the Industrial Revolution, women’s suffrage and America’s expanding role in international affairs. Beginning next school year, they will add conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election. Oklahoma’s new social studies standards for K-12 public school students, already infused with …
Read More »Critics question why exhibits at the African American History Museum are rotating out
Before sunrise in Baltimore on Friday, the Rev. Robert Turner, senior pastor of the Empowerment Temple AME Church, set out to walk 43 miles from his church to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Turner, who has made the trip from Baltimore …
Read More »Pope Leo XIV leads inauguration mass attended by JD Vance, Rubio
Share American Catholic ‘buzzing’ to be at inauguration Reporting from Vatican City Nico Zanarini, 27, converted to Catholicism this year and said he was “buzzing” thinking about seeing the pope. He came from an earlier mass this morning at St. Augustine Church, straight to St. Peter’s Square, saying he “couldn’t …
Read More »Caitlin Clark says flagrant foul for shoving Angel Reese was not ‘malicious’
INDIANAPOLIS — The Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese rivalry added another chapter Saturday when Reese took exception to Clark’s hard foul with 4:38 left in the third quarter as the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky opened their seasons. After Reese grabbed an offensive rebound, Clark slapped Reese across the arm, knocking the …
Read More »Police say Palm Springs car blast was an ‘intentional act of terrorism’
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Brooklyn Bridge collision with Mexican naval ship leaves multiple casualties 01:49 Now Playing Police say Palm Springs car blast was an ‘intentional act of terrorism’ 01:28 UP NEXT At least 18 dead after powerful tornado …
Read More »Brooklyn Bridge collision with Mexican naval ship leaves multiple casualties
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Brooklyn Bridge collision with Mexican naval ship leaves multiple casualties 01:49 UP NEXT Police say Palm Springs car blast was an ‘intentional act of terrorism’ 01:28 At least 18 dead after powerful tornado …
Read More »Bold colors, big hats and fast horses: Photos of the 150th Preakness Stakes
Thousands of fans both in the infield and in the stands were decked out in fun and vibrant outfits for the 150th Preakness Stakes.
Read More »Tall ship flying Mexican flag strikes Brooklyn Bridge, injuring several people
A tall ship flying the Mexican flag struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City Saturday night, seriously injuring at least three people, police sources with knowledge of the incident said. An additional dozen or so people suffered minor injuries, the officials said. Others were being checked out, and divers …
Read More »Journalism shows heart, resiliency to win the Preakness Stakes — just like the Altadena community he represents
Michael McCarthy had just witnessed a display of resiliency unfold in front of him at the Preakness Stakes on Saturday when he referenced another. “We’ll rebuild,” McCarthy told NBC in a televised interview from the wet track of Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course, just minutes after his horse, Journalism, won the …
Read More »Austria wins Eurovision with JJ’s operatic club jam ‘Wasted Love’
BASEL, Switzerland — Austria was crowned the winner at Saturday’s grand finale of the Eurovision Song Contest, the world’s most popular singing tournament, beating strong competition from Israel and Switzerland to come in first place on an evening full of glitz and glamour. Austria’s song, “Wasted Love” by JJ, was …
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